Abstract: Problems: Provided is a link capable of effectively discharging earth and sand and a track including the same. Solutions: A link is mounted on a shoe and used in a link device. The link has a hole portion for earth removal formed by cutting out a side portion facing the shoe so as to divide an installation surface to the shoe into a plurality of parts in a rotating direction of the shoe.

Abstract: Problems: Provided is a link device capable of forming links at a low cost and appropriately sealing a lubricant, and a track including the same. Solutions: In a link device, a fitting portion into which a seal member is fitted is formed on at least one of an end portion of a bush and a periphery of a second hole portion of a link facing the end portion of the bush via a gap 46, and due to axial deformation of the seal member fitted into the fitting portion, the end portion of the bush is capable of being supported by a support member which is harder than the seal member.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a niobium-aluminum precursor wire having properties such as expression of flexibility and ensuring a large single-wire length, as well as a twisted wire, a superconducting wire, and a superconducting twisted wire formed of the niobium-aluminum precursor wire. The present invention provides a niobium-aluminum precursor wire and a twisted wire using the same, the niobium-aluminum precursor wire including: a rod-like winding core (5) formed of a stabilized copper, or a stabilized copper and an unstabilized copper; a laminated body (3) that is wound around the winding core (5) and that is formed of an aluminum foil and a niobium foil laminated one on the other; and a covering body (1) that covers the circumference of the laminated body and that is formed of a stabilized copper, or a stabilized copper and an unstabilized copper. The volume ratio of the stabilized copper with respect to the unstabilized copper contained in the precursor wire is 0.5-2.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition comprising a norbornene-based monomer, rare earth element-containing particles having a number-based modal size of 0.05 ?m or more and less than 1.5 ?m, and a metathesis polymerization catalyst.

Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a copper-coated aluminum wire material with a reduced weight and excellent adhesiveness, and a production method therefor. This copper-coated aluminum wire material is provided with an aluminum wire material comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy and a thin copper film covering the aluminum wire material. The space factor of the thin copper film is in the range of 0.2% to 4% and the adhesiveness between the aluminum wire material and the thin copper film based on a scratch test compliant with JIS R 3255 is at least 10 mN.

Abstract: A alloy (Mg—X) of metal (X) and Mg in a liquid phase is made to react with B in a solid phase at a low temperature to manufacture a superconductor, which contains a large amount of MgB2 potential for MRI, linear motorcar, superconducting cavity, electric power transmission cable, high-magnetic field magnet for medical units, electric power storage (SMES), and the like and is formed in the shape of bulk, wire, and foil, by heat treatment performed at a low temperature for a short time and at low cost.

Abstract: An access management apparatus receives a command message having setting and changing functions, performs corresponding processing, and transmits results. A checking unit checks the presence/absence of a data element to be accessed. Access is permitted based on looking up a setting access condition if the data element is not set and looking up a changing access condition if the data element is set. A control table contains identification information, location information, a data setting access condition, and a data changing access condition of each of a plurality of data elements. When receiving a command, a determining unit determines whether the designated data element is already set by looking up location information of the data element in the control table. A data setting/changing unit sets or changes data in accordance with the access condition looked up.

Abstract: A alloy (Mg—X) of metal (X) and Mg in a liquid phase is made to react with B in a solid phase at a low temperature to manufacture a superconductor, which contains a large amount of MgB2 potential for MRI, linear motorcar, superconducting cavity, electric power transmission cable, high-magnetic field magnet for medical units, electric power storage (SMES), and the like and is formed in the shape of bulk, wire, and foil, by heat treatment performed at a low temperature for a short time and at low cost.

Abstract: A superfine multi-core Nb3Al superconductive wire is produced by getting a Nb3Al superconductive wire ready which was obtained by subjecting a precursor wire having a superfine multi-core structure in which a plurality of Nb/Al complex cores are embedded in Nb, Ta, a Nb based dilute alloy, or a Ta based dilute alloy as the matrix to a rapid heating and quenching treatment comprising rapidly heating to a temperature range near 2,000° C. in 2 seconds, (A) coating the Nb3Al superconductive wire with Cu or Ag as the stabilizing material; then (B) subjecting to a hot isostatic press (HIP) process for 10 minutes or more in a inert gas environment with a pressure of 40 atmospheres or more; and then (C) subjecting heat treatment for 1–200 hours in temperature range of 680–850° C.

Abstract: A superfine multi-core Nb3Al superconductive wire is produced by getting a Nb3Al superconductive wire ready which was obtained by subjecting a precursor wire having a superfine multi-core structure in which a plurality of Nb/Al complex cores are embedded in Nb, Ta, a Nb based dilute alloy, or a Ta based dilute alloy as the matrix to a rapid heating and quenching treatment comprising rapidly heating to a temperature range near 2,000° C. in 2 seconds, (A) coating the Nb3Al superconductive wire with Cu or Ag as the stabilizing material; then (B) subjecting to a hot isostatic press (HIP) process for 10 minutes or more in a inert gas environment with a pressure of 40 atmospheres or more; and then (C) subjecting heat treatment for 1-200 hours in temperature range of 680-850° C.

Abstract: By rapidly heating a precursor wire having a multifilamentary structure in which multiple composite cores in which a composite compound of an Nb—Ga compound and Nb is embedded in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, Nb-base alloy or Ta-base alloy as a matrix material to a temperature range of 1400 to 2100° C. in 2 seconds, quenching the precursor wire at a rate of 5000° C./second or larger, and subjecting the precursor wire to additional heat treatment at a temperature range of 600 to 850° C. for 1 to 400 hours, a superconducting wire having a multifilamentary structure in which multiple composite cores in which a composite compound containing Nb3Ga of a stoichiometric composition embedded in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, Nb-base alloy or Ta-base alloy as a matrix material is obtained.

Abstract: An access management apparatus receives a command message having setting and changing functions, performs corresponding processing, and transmits results. A checking unit checks the presence/absence of a data element to be accessed. Access is permitted based on looking up a setting access condition if the data element is not set and looking up a changing access condition if the data element is set. A control table contains identification information, location information, a data setting access condition, and a data changing access condition of each of a plurality of data elements. When receiving a command, a determining unit determines whether the designated data element is already set by looking up location information of the data element in the control table. A data setting/changing unit sets or changes data in accordance with the access condition looked up.

Abstract: By rapidly heating a precursor wire having a multifilamentary structure in which multiple composite cores in which a composite compound of an Nb—Ga compound and Nb is embedded in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, Nb-base alloy or Tabase alloy as a matrix material to a temperature range of 1400 to 2100° C. in 2 seconds, quenching the precursor wire at a rate of 5000° C./second or larger, and subjecting the precursor wire to additional heat treatment at a temperature range of 600 to 850° C. for 1 to 400 hours, a superconducting wire having a multifilamentary structure in which multiple composite cores in which a composite compound containing Nb3Ga of a stoichiometric composition embedded in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, Nb-base alloy or Tabase alloy as a matrix material is obtained.

Abstract: A high-performance Nb3Al extra-fine multifilamentary superconducting wire is produced simply and inexpensively through the improvement of critical values, Tc, Hc2 and Jc, without the addition of third elements such as Ge, Si and Cu. A first rapid heating and quenching treatment is applied to an Nb/Al composite wire having an atomic ratio of Al to Nb from 1:2.5 to 1:3.5 and having an extra-fine multifilamentary structure to form a BCC alloy phase comprising Nb with Al supersaturatedly dissolved therein wherein the treatment comprises heating the composite wire up to a temperature not lower than 1900° C. within two seconds and then introducing it into a molten metal at a temperature not higher than 400° C. to rapidly quench it.

Abstract: A Cu-containing Nb3Al multifilamentary superconductive wire having a multifilamentary (superfine multi-core structure that a large number of micro-complex cores each obtained by complexing a Cu—Al alloy containing Cu in an amount of more than 0.2 at. % and at most 10 at. % in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, an Nb alloy or a Ta alloy as a matrix, wherein in the micro-complex cores, an A15 phase compound structure is formed by rapid heating at a temperature of 1,700° C. or more for 2 seconds or less and quenching to approximately room temperature, and further additionally heat-treated at a temperature of 650 to 900° C. This superconductive wire has high Jc in a low magnetic field, can be applied to all magnetic fields of 29 T or less, and is excellent in Jc characteristics in a high magnetic field in comparison with an Nb3Al wire.

Abstract: A process for producing an ultrafine multifilamentary superconducting Nb3(Al,Ge) wire capable of generating a high critical current density comprising: preparing a composite core material comprising an A1—(2-30)at. % Ge alloy (where at. % represents % by atomic) 1 &mgr;m or less in thickness uniformly incorporated into a Nb matrix at a volume ratio in a range of 1:2.5 to 1:3.5 and forming a composite therewith; fabricating a composite wire having an ultrafine multifilamentary structure by embedding several tens to several millions of the resulting composite core materials in a cylindrical matrix material containing Nb; forming a A15-phase filament having a lower order in crystallinity inside the composite wire by a rapid heating and quenching treatment comprising rapidly heating to a temperature of 1,700° C.

Abstract: A high-performance Nb3Al extra-fine multifllamentary superconducting wire is produced simply and inexpensively through the improvement of critical Values, Tc, Hc2 and Jc, without the addition of third elements such an Go, Si and Cu

Abstract: A voltage value of an impulse voltage repetitively applied on a test-piece coil is increased in accordance with time elapse. A terminal voltage applied on both ends of the test-piece coil is monitored to detect an electric breakdown of the test-piece coil. Upon detecting such a breakdown, application of the impulse voltage is immediately stopped to prevent the test-piece coil from being unnecessarily damaged. Meanwhile, a voltage value of the impulse voltage is measured quantitatively at the time the electric breakdown is detected and the measured data is stored in a memory, so that the memorized data can be used later as a breakdown voltage value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus issues a plurality of kinds of IC cards. A plurality of items of issue information are stored, to be written into a plurality of kinds of IC cards being issued. The kind of the IC card connected to the IC card processing apparatus is determined, based on received information from the IC card. Command data corresponding to the determined kind of the IC card is generated, the generated command data including a function code corresponding to the kind of the IC card and an item of issue information of the plurality of items of stored issue information, and the command data being formed into a format corresponding to the kind of the IC card. The command and data having a converted format prepared by a selected processing method is transmitted to the IC card.

Abstract: A file managing method includes a step of setting a key data of a portable storage medium having a plurality of storage areas, a step of determining whether the key data is changed, a step of inhibiting data from being processed in the plurality of storage areas when it is determined that the key data is not changed, and a step of processing data of the plurality of storage areas in response to a given command when it is determined that the key data is changed.